%0 Journal Article %9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES %A Yssouf, A. %A Socolovschi, C. %A Flaudrops, C. %A Ndiath, M. O. %A Sougoufara, S. %A Dehecq, J. S. %A Lacour, G. %A Berenger, J. M. %A Sokhna, Cheikh %A Raoult, Didier %A Parola, P. %T Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization - time of flight mass spectrometry : an emerging tool for the rapid identification of mosquito vectors %D 2013 %L fdi:010060588 %G ENG %J Plos One %@ 1932-6203 %M ISI:000323378000096 %N 8 %P e72380 %R 10.1371/journal.pone.0072380 %U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010060588 %> https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers17-10/010060588.pdf %V 8 %W Horizon (IRD) %X Background: The identification of mosquito vectors is typically based on morphological characteristics using morphological keys of determination, which requires entomological expertise and training. The use of protein profiling by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS), which is increasingly being used for the routine identification of bacteria, has recently emerged for arthropod identification. Methods: To investigate the usefulness of MALDI-TOF-MS as a mosquito identification tool, we tested protein extracts made from mosquito legs to create a database of reference spectra. The database included a total of 129 laboratory-reared and field-caught mosquito specimens consisting of 20 species, including 4 Aedes spp., 9 Anopheles spp., 4 Culex spp., Lutzia tigripes, Orthopodomyia reunionensis and Mansonia uniformis. For the validation study, blind tests were performed with 76 specimens consisting of 1 to 4 individuals per species. A cluster analysis was carried out using the MALDI-Biotyper and some spectra from all mosquito species tested. Results: Biomarker mass sets containing 22 and 43 masses have been detected from 100 specimens of the Anopheles, Aedes and Culex species. By carrying out 3 blind tests, we achieved the identification of mosquito vectors at the species level, including the differentiation of An. gambiae complex, which is possible using MALDI-TOF-MS with 1.8 as the cut-off identification score. A cluster analysis performed with all available mosquito species showed that MALDI-Biotyper can distinguish between specimens at the subspecies level, as demonstrated for An gambiae M and S, but this method cannot yet be considered a reliable tool for the phylogenetic study of mosquito species. Conclusions: We confirmed that even without any specific expertise, MALDI-TOF-MS profiling of mosquito leg protein extracts can be used for the rapid identification of mosquito vectors. Therefore, MALDI-TOF-MS is an alternative, efficient and inexpensive tool that can accurately identify mosquitoes collected in the field during entomological surveys. %$ 052 ; 020